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Ankit Kumar

CEO

New York City, New York, United States14 yrs 4 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 14+ years in low-latency trading systems.
  • Expert in real-time analytics and market data engineering.
  • Proven leadership in cross-functional team collaboration.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert specializing in low-latency trading and real-time data processing.

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Skills

Core Skills

MicroservicesJavaWeb Applications

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAkkaAmazon S3AngularAngularJSApache AvroApache FlinkApache IgniteApache KafkaApache PinotCChronicle Queues & MapContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Core JavaData Compression

About

I'm a strategic technology leader with over 14+ years of experience dedicated to building scalable, resilient, and ultra-low-latency trading platforms, real-time analytics systems, and cutting-edge market data engineering solutions. Throughout my career, I've consistently leveraged industry-leading technologies such as Java, Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, Kafka Streams, KSQLDB, Apache Ignite, Apache Pinot, FIX Protocol, and event-driven microservices architectures. My expertise lies in designing and optimizing systems that significantly boost trading performance, minimize latency, and maximize throughput. I thrive in environments where speed, accuracy, and reliability are critical, and I have successfully collaborated across teamsโ€”including traders, portfolio managers, and technology specialistsโ€”to translate complex business needs into innovative technical solutions. ๐—–๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฆ โ€ข Ultra-Low-Latency & High-Frequency Trading Systems โ€ข Event-Driven Systems & Microservices Architecture โ€ข Real-Time Analytics & Market Data Processing โ€ข Performance Optimization (GC Tuning, Memory Management, Thread Optimization) โ€ข System Monitoring, Logging, Tracing & Observability โ€ข CI/CD Pipelines, and Automated Testing Frameworks ๐—ง๐—˜๐—–๐—›๐—ก๐—œ๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐—ž๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ โ–บ CORE PROGRAMMING & FRAMEWORKS: Java, Java Concurrency, Multithreading, Spring Security, RESTful Web Services, Microservices, Python, Shell Scripting โ–บ DATA STREAMING: Apache Kafka, KStreams, ksqlDB, Flink, Pinot, Superset โ–บ ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN: Distributed Systems Architecture, Event-Driven Architecture, High Throughput, High Availability Systems โ–บ LOW-LATENCY & PERFORMANCE: GC Tuning, Data Compression (Snappy, LZ4, Zstandard), LMAX Disruptor, Aeron, Chronicle Queue & Map, Solace โ–บ MESSAGING & COMMUNICATION: FIX Protocol, QuickFIX/J, TCP/IP, WebSockets, HTTP, HTTPS, Protobuf, Apache Avro, JSON Serialization โ–บ FINANCIAL DOMAIN EXPERTISE: E-Trading Systems, (OMS/EMS), Fixed Income Trading, Smart Order Routing โ–บ DATABASES & STORAGE: MongoDB, Apache Ignite, Distributed Caching, DB2, Sybase, MySQL, JanusGraph, Snowflake โ–บ WEB & FRONT-END TECHNOLOGIES: Angular, React.js, JavaScript, HTML, Swagger โ–บ DevOps, CI/CD & Automation: Jenkins, Git, GitLab CI โ–บ MONITORING, OBSERVABILITY: Splunk Cloud, VisualVM, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK Stack, Sleuth, OpenTelemetry, GC Tuning โ–บ SECURITY: OAuth, JWT, Role-Based Access Control, Vault (HashiCorp) โ–บ TESTING & QUALITY ASSURANCE: Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Load Testing, Performance Testing โ–บ LEADERSHIP: Technical Leadership, Mentorship, Agile Methodologies

Experience

14 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
10 mos
Current Experience

Wells fargo

Executive Director

Aug 2025 โ€“ Present ยท 10 mos ยท New York, United States ยท On-site

MicroservicesSpring SecuritySolution ArchitectureTechnical LeadershipMongoDBRESTful WebServices+16

Goldman sachs

3 roles

Vice President @ Goldman Sachs

Nov 2018 โ€“ Aug 2025 ยท 6 yrs 9 mos

  • Hands-on experience in building and maintaining low-latency, high-throughput market data pipelines handling over 1 billion messages daily for global markets, ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and sub-millisecond delivery to trading platforms and downstream consumers
  • Proficient in ingesting, normalizing, and curating real-time and historical market data from 20+ global exchanges across asset classes, including Equities, Mutual Funds, Money Markets, Options, Indices, Futures, and Fixed Income instruments
  • Developed efficient data normalization frameworks standardizing market data formats from multiple vendors to seamlessly integrate with downstream consumers across different use-cases
  • Engineered and optimized multiple order book implementationsโ€”Top of Book (TOB), aggregated books, and market depth viewsโ€”supporting latency-sensitive trading strategies with sub-100 microsecond response times
  • Developed and maintained market data redistribution frameworks leveraging Apache Kafka, KSQL, Apache Pinot, and Apache Flink, enabling real-time, event-driven analytics, high-frequency trading, execution strategies, and market impact analysis
  • Architected and implemented FIX protocol-based trading solutions supporting multiple business operations, achieving enhanced performance and reliability for real-time trade execution and market data dissemination
  • Built scalable microservices infrastructure for real-time market data distribution
  • Developed and operated real-time anomaly detection systems, successfully identifying and addressing data inconsistencies, stale prices, and erroneous market feeds, ensuring 99.99% service availability
  • Integrated financial news services and company logos for enhanced market intelligence and branding
MicroservicesUI/UXSpring SecuritySolution ArchitectureSnowflakeTechnical Leadership+49

Vice President

Promoted

Dec 2017 โ€“ Oct 2018 ยท 10 mos

MicroservicesUI/UXSpring SecuritySolution ArchitectureksqlDBMongoDB+29

Senior Associate Programmer

Jul 2014 โ€“ Dec 2017 ยท 3 yrs 5 mos

UI/UXMongoDBWeb ApplicationsPerformance TuningShell ScriptingJavaScript+18

Altisource

Software Engineer

Oct 2013 โ€“ Jul 2014 ยท 9 mos ยท Bengaluru Area, India

  • Designed and developed web-based applications using front-end frameworks (Angular, Java Script) and backend technologies (Java, Spring Boot) ensuring high performance, security, and scalability
  • Led architectural design and technical strategy discussions, driving innovation
  • in scalable, high-performance software solutions
  • Acted as the subject matter expert (SME) for software development,
  • collaborating with project management, DevOps, and QA teams to ensure
  • seamless integration and deployment
  • Diagnosed and resolved complex system issues, leveraging profiling tools,
  • performance tuning techniques, and root cause analysis
  • Engineered and enhanced backend services with Java, Spring Boot, and
  • distributed computing frameworks
UI/UXHTMLMongoDBWeb ApplicationsPerformance TuningShell Scripting+17

Huawei technologies india

Software Engineer

Jan 2012 โ€“ Oct 2013 ยท 1 yr 9 mos ยท bangalore,india ยท On-site

  • Designed and developed web-based applications using front-end and backend technologies, ensuring scalability, security, and optimal performance
  • Designed and implemented scalable, high-performance solutions in collaboration with development and QA teams, ensuring system throughput, low latency, and fault tolerance aligned with client requirements
  • Refactored a legacy codebase by applying design patterns (e.g., Singleton) and improving maintainability and enabling flexible, decoupled components for future scalability
  • Optimized application performance by conducting in-depth code reviews, leveraging profiling and monitoring tools (e.g., JProfiler), and executing performance testing to eliminate bottlenecks and enhance memory/CPU efficiency
HTMLMongoDBWeb ApplicationsMySQLShell ScriptingJavaScript+13

Education

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University

Bachelor's degree โ€” Computer Science

Jan 2007 โ€“ Jan 2011

JIC Saharanpur

10+2 โ€” Mathematics

Jan 2005 โ€“ Jan 2007

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